Does Jesus Know You?
You can confess Jesus as Lord, cast out demons, do mighty works—and still hear him say, “I never knew you.” Matthew 7:21–23 cuts past everything we think proves we’re his followers, asking instead the question that actually matters: Does he know you?
This Week at Little Hills: What Else Did God Create?
Jim takes us to the question “What Else Did God Create,” the fifth question of the New City Catechism, as part of the launch of Sunday School Express.
Keeping Active Focus
As we look toward the future, there is an urgency mission even as we find ourselves waiting for God’s fulfillment of prophecy. But it requires us to keep our focus.
Sounding Christian Isn't Enough
Jesus warns in Matthew 7 that the most dangerous kind of false teaching comes from one dressed like a sheep. By the time you realize there’s a wolf underneath, it’s frighteningly close. How do we keep alert when such sounds deceptively good?
This Week at Little Hills: How and Why Did God Create Us?
Pastor Tim takes us to the question “How and Why Did God Create Us,” the fourth question of the New City Catechism, as part of the launch of Sunday School Express.
Don't Wait Until Game 161
Our world moves us to ever increasing indifference, but as we pick up in 2 Peter 3, the Apostle calls us to be ready for Jesus’s return.
Layaway for the Kingdom
How do so many other people seem to fall for the “wide gate” of worldliness and we don’t? Or have we fallen for it and we don’t even realize it?
This Week at Little Hills: How Many Persons are There in God?
Pastor Tim takes us to the question “How Many Persons are There in God,” the second question of the New City Catechism, as part of the launch of Sunday School Express.
Pre-Pre-Christmas Celebration
When we feel so far removed from the things to celebrate, can we still have a reason to rejoice?
Yellow Jackets or Carpenter Bees?
In our sinful human nature we’re all hypocrites—quick to see the masks on everyone else, almost never on ourselves. Jesus meets that very tendency in Matthew 7:12 with a rule most people already know by heart: whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them.
This Week at Little Hills: What is God?
Pastor Tim takes us to the question “What is God,” the second question of the New City Catechism, as part of the launch of Sunday School Express.
Life's DMV
When we feel like we’re standing in the DMV and missing the paperwork we need, what does God’s Word say to redirect us?
Not a Genie Bottle
Even after turning our lives over to Christ, we can still pray as though God were there to serve our wants and protect our plans. In Matthew 7, Jesus says, “Ask, seek, and knock,” raising a searching question for daily prayer: When we belong to Him, what should we be asking our Father to give?
This Week at Little Hills: Worship, Part III
This week, Melanie explores the attitude we need to bring to worship. You can find the first part here and the second part here.
What God Opposes
King David reminds us about how God feels about evil — and by seeing that, we’re challenged and encouraged about where we want to be and who we are.
Punching Holes, Avoiding Swine
Jesus calls us to a path of healthy sharing of His Kingdom led by discernment and patience.
This Week at Little Hills: Worship, Part II
This week, Melanie explores the history of worship in the Bible and the church. You can find the first part of her trilogy of studies on worship here.
The Best Part of Waking Up
What do we think of when we wake up? Psalm 5 suggests we change up our first thoughts of the morning to something more refreshing.
Skewering Each Other
When Jesus says that we should get the log out of our own eye before helping someone get a speck out, what does He have in mind? Is He calling us to stop making any moral judgments?
This Week at Little Hills: Worship, Part I
This week, our worship director, Melanie Haynes, considers what makes music “Christian.”